@spam: "A few years back my children bought me a Roberts clock radio. One of the
delightful things about it is its ability to automatically set the time and
date the moment you plug it in and turn the power on. (One of the less than
delightful things about it is the tinniness of the sound quality but you
can't have everything and that has nothing to do with my present query.)
It is currently in use in the hallway my new home where I hoped it would
provide a reliable timepiece and radio. However, it seems to be about 6
minutes slow :( I have tried switching it off and on again but it still
displays the wrong time. I had assumed, partly because of the dish-like
symbol on the case with 'Automatic' printed below it, that the time-setting
was in some magic way controlled by satellite. Am I completely wrong and is
it just a boring battery function? I'm sure I have the distructions
somewhere which may answer this question but I'm not ready to start
unpacking stuff yet. I have not yet investigated the presence or otherwise
of a battery.
Penny                                              
Laughter is the dance of the spirit and the music of the soul.
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    @spam: "On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:37:54 GMT, Woodlake <email_address> scrawled
in the dust...
<quote>
Thanks for the link - it seems they no longer do that exact model yet it
really isn't very old...
As for DAB - not in this area and probably not for quite some time, johnmorales@example.com. It amuses me that I have seen DAB receivers for sale in a lot of shops
locally. They can't sell them here, they'd just be returned by disgruntled
customers, but 'head office' makes them put them on the shelves.
Hmm, I didn't know the Rugby signal was no more - I wonder if that makes a
difference. There is a fair amount of high ground between here and Cumbria.
Penny                                              
Laughter is the dance of the spirit and the music of the soul.
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    @nospam: "* Penny wrote, On 25/02/2008 19:05:
<quote>
I think that my Roberts clock radio gets the time from the RDS data 
transmitted with some radio stations.  You could try changing station 
and leaving it playing to itself for a few minutes, to see if that helps.
Cheers, Serena
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir... mighty scarce. (Mark 
Twain)"
    @gurzhfvpjbexfubc: "On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:05:19 +0000, Penny <email_address>
wrote:
<quote>
I have a NottaRoberts clock/radio/cassette recorder in my workshop.
Regardless of whether you run it off the mains or batteries it
requires a separate battery to power the clock bit. In mine, you have
to unscrew a cover at the back of the battery compartment to reveal...
...another battery compartment. Might yours be something similar?
Nick O
real e-mail is nickodell (at) bigfoot (dot) com"
    @spam: "On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:56:58 +0000, Nick Odell
<email_address> scrawled in the dust...
<quote>
Having looked at the manual of a similar model from the link Woodlake
provided, it seems there is a lithium battery which powers the on-board
computer which maintains the factory setting of date and time... or
something. Apparently there is a low-battery indicator, I'll see if it is
busy indicating when I'm over there tomorrow.
So the satellite dish icon is just a misleading sales stunt - how very
disappointing :(
Penny                                              
Laughter is the dance of the spirit and the music of the soul.
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    @anonymous: ""Penny" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
That won't matter to a 60kHz signal - a longer LW than R4 from 
Droitwich. Coverage is good all over the UK:
<url>
Martin "
    @apfitch: "<quote>
Hi Martin,
 that may be true in the sense that the field strength is guaranteed
across the UK to reach a certain minimum level - nevertheless I know of
one clock that can no longer receive the signal from Anthorn, and my MSF
watch (admittedly cheapo from Tchibo) does not always pick up the new
signal, while it had no problems when the clock johnmorales@example.com.
I guess I am at the edge of the range, in Southampton.
So I wouldn't be surprised if moving house caused Penny's clock to stop
working.
I found with my watch that I can force it to synchronise - it tries to
pick up the signal once a day. The trick is to pick a good time of day,
since that seems to have an effect. I don't know if it's to do with
variations in propagation, or that there's some interferer that is on
only at certain times of day,
regards
Alan
Alan Fitch
johnmorales@example.com"
    @spam: "On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:46:24 +0000, Alan Fitch <email_address>
scrawled in the dust...
<quote>
In fact, since I found how to manually set it it seems to be working fine
again, even when switched off and on again :)
Penny                                              
Laughter is the dance of the spirit and the music of the soul.
umra Nicknames & Abbreviations <url>"
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